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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (25) Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications
On Sale Date: 12/18/1941
Volume: 9
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis
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Miscellaneous
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Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt ?, but appears rather to be by Binder.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Pick your prize
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The Return of the Emperor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
superhero
Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Mike Ellis; The Emperor (villain); Kamholtz (villain, introduction, death); Fire-Apes (villain, introduction, death)
Weird fire-apes, deadly gas, a mighty subterranean drill...
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The Case of the Magnetic Mines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
The American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Jane Peters [Masters' secretary]; Nazi spies (villain, introduction, death)
Lecturing at a college near Niagara, Prof. Masters and Jane Peters enjoy a picnic supper...
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Case of the Counterfeit Tickets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Tasoni (villain, introduction); Pinky Craft
Sorry, Blink... these tickets are counterfeit!
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Miscellaneous
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Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
Episode In Kapore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
fantasy, occult, superhero
The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); the spirit of the Venerable Yogi; Jane (maid); Tom
Go after the jewels of the Rajah of Kapore?
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Miscellaneous
8
Art credit per Alter Ego #111 (July 2012).
The Scientists' Death List

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
George Hale (introduction); Vickie Dale (introduction); Mr. Perkins (introduction); Venoma (villain, introduction); Fritz; Dr. Nielssen; Phillips; Langreth
Night--in the offices of the War Department, evil lurks!
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Miscellaneous
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Art credits per Alter Ego #111 (July 2012).

Keith Chandler : Despite this apparent attribution, the art has none of the hallmarks of Mandel's style, in particular the characteristic 'sucked-in cheek' markings.
Trigger Trap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (spot illustration)
? (spot illustration)
? (spot illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Joe Wade; Jacques LaTour; Mack Hunter; Sheriff Thomas
Joe Wade halted his little cowpony as he reached the old trapper's cabin back in the mountains.
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The balance of the page is taken up with the annual Statement of Ownership.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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The Owens Mob Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
adventure, crime, superhero
The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; The Owens Mob (villains, introduction for all); Archer (villain, introduction, death); Owens
Councilman Archer calls on the commissioner!
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Miscellaneous
6
The Platt art credits per Alter Ego #111 (July 2012).
Convoy Duty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
aviation, war
The Lone Eagle; Coron (villain, introduction); Masters (introduction); Manners
You'll fly convoy duty in a five hundred mile area!
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Miscellaneous
7
A Merry Christmas to All

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Chats with the Editor
Santa Claus
Boys and girls, this Yuletide season is a jolly time, as always--but it's also a time for solemnity and reverence.
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Miscellaneous
1
Includes a membership form to join the Thrilling Club.
The Buck Tracy Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
western
The Rio Kid; Raben (villain, introduction); Buck Tracy (introduction); his son (introduction); daughter (introduction); Jud; Joe
Buck Tracy celebrates...
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
? (illustration); ? (photographs)
? (illustration); ? (photographs)
typeset
Subject Matter
Be a radio technician
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover. Ad for the book "Rich Rewards In Radio."
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Red Ryder; Thunder (horse); Little Beaver
Get a Daisy air rifle with your Christmas cash!
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Back cover. Ad for Daisy air rifles and the Daisy catalog.

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